I am freshly studying coordination chemistry.
What I understand from denticity and hapticity is:
Denticity - no. of electron donating sites in a ligand.
Hapticity - no. of electron donating atoms in a pi-bond conjugated ligand.
The use of the terms "sites" in denticity and "atoms" in hapticity makes it possible for a compound to have different denticity and hapticity at the same time. For example: ethylene can should be monodentate and η2. So, my final questions are,
- Can we define both denticity and hapticity for a pi-bond conjugated ligand?
- Are they supposed to have the same values?
- Why was hapticity needed in the first place when one can count the nummber of pi-bonds and define denticity accordingly? Is it because more electrons can be donated by a conjugated system?
Thanks in advance.